MILLER. A fighter.
MILLING COVE. A pugilist. "How the milling cove served out the cull,"
how the boxer beat the man.
MINNIKON. Very small.
MINT. Plenty of money.
MISCHIEF. A man with his wife on his back.
MISH. A shirt.
MISH-TOPPER. A coat or petticoat.
MISS. A mistress.
MIX-METAL. A silver-smith.
MIZZLE. Go; run; be off.
MOABITES. Constables.
MOBILITY. The mob; opposition to nobility.
MOBS. A number of thieves working together.
MOEY. A petition. A convict would say to another: "My pals have got up a
bene moey to send to the head bloke, and if it comes off rye buck, I
shall soon vamose from the stir; but if it should turn out a shise, then
I must do my bit," my partners have got up a good petition to send to
the Governor, and if it turns out well, I shall soon leave the prison;
but if it should be good for nothing, I must stay my time out.
MOHAIR. An upholsterer.
MOIETY. Fifty.
MOKE. A negro.
MOLL. A woman.
MOLL BUZZER. A thief that devotes himself to picking the pockets of
women.
MOLL-SACK. Reticule.
MOLLEY. A miss; a young woman; an effeminate fellow; a sodomite.
MONDONGO. Filthy; full of stench, it stinks beyond the power of
endurance.
MONEKER. A name.
MONEY. A private place.
MOON. One month; thirty days' imprisonment. "The poor cove was done for
two stretches and six moons," the poor fellow was sentenced for two
years and six months.
MOON-EYED HEN. A squinting prostitute.
MOOSE-FACE. A rich, ugly-faced man; a poor but handsome young girl who
marries an old, wrinkle-faced, ill-looking rich man, is said to have
married a moose-face.
MOPSEY. A short dowdy woman.
MOPUSSES. Money.
MORNING DROP. The gallows. "He napped the Governor's stiff, and escaped
the morning drop," he received the Governor's pardon, and escaped the
gallows.
MORRIS. Move off; dance off.
MORT. A woman.
MOSES. A man that fathers another man's child for a consideration.
MOSH. Dining at an eating-house and leaving without making payment.